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How to Watch The Billboard Music Awards on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and More!
Looking to watch Billboard Music Awards on Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and more? On May 1st, 2019 starting at 8:00 PM Eastern you will find the Billboard Music Awards airing on NBC. The good news is as a cord cutter you have many options to stream the awards show on your Roku, Fire TV,…
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Walmart Announces That Vudu Will Release 12 Original Films & TV Shows in 2019
Last year we heard that Walmart was working on a Netflix-like streaming service. These plans have reportedly been put on hold, but Walmart is not done with streaming. Today Walmart announced at NewFront in New York City that they are making 12 original shows and movies that will stream on Vudu in 2019. These shows…
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Black Box Faith is A New Streaming Service Focused on Faith-Based African-American Viewers
Today Black Box Faith announced via Deadline that they are launching a faith-based on-demand streaming service targeting African-American viewers. The new streaming services is expected to launch in the 3rd quarter of 2019 and is partnering with ICM Partners, Ebony/JET magazines, Vimeo, Grammy-winning music mogul Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins and prominent Christian leaders, among others. “With Black…
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Deal Alert: Buy a Fire TV Recast DVR Get a Fire TV 4K Stick & Antenna For $20
Thinking of buying a Fire TV Recast DVR from Amazon. Good News! Amazon has once again brought back its Fire TV Recast bundle deal. Right now if you buy a Fire TV Recast DVR you can get a Fire TV 4K Stick and an antenna for just $20 more. Amazon often offers deals like this…
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Amazon Hires Elias Saba The Owner of AFTVnews to Join The Fire TV Team As a “Product Manager”
Today it was announced that Amazon has hired the owner of the popular Fire TV and Amazon news site AFTVnews.com Elias Saba as a “Fire TV Product Manager.” This means one of the leading voices of the Fire TV fan community is now also one of the people who will help shape the future of…
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The Handmaid’s Tale Just Released a New Trailer For Season 3
Back in May of 2018, Hulu announced the 3rd season of their hit show The Handmaid’s Tale. Now we are getting a new look at the season. The Handmaid’s Tale returns June 5, 2019 on Hulu. Here is the new trailer for season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcTvQx1Wot0 Here is the first Season 3…
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AT&T & A+E Networks Agree to Extend Talks to Keep A+E on DIRECTV NOW For Now
Last week it was announced that A+E Networks maybe leaving DIRECTV NOW. That deadline was yesterday but this morning A+E Networks including A+E, Lifetime, History, and other A+E owned channels are still on DIRECTV NOW. According to AT&T, no deal has been reached but AT&T and A+E have agreed to extend talks and keep A+E…
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Nick, Nick Jr., MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, & More Are Now Live on Pluto TV
On Monday Viacom announced that they are launching 14 free channels on its newly owned Pluto TV service. Now Nick, Nick Jr., MTV, Comedy Central, and Spike are now live on Pluto TV. These new channels include BET, MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, Nick, and Nick Jr. These are not live channels but rather collections of on-demand…
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Hulu is Limiting Ads & Rolling Out a New User Interface This Summer
Today at NewFronts in New York City Hulu announced that they are limiting ads and rolling out a new user interface. With this announcement, Hulu announced that they are limiting the number of times you see the same ad to twice per hour. This address one of the main complaints of streaming services like Hulu…
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As Cord Cutting Grows Antenna Usage is Up
Many cord cutters say that they exclusively use streaming services to watch TV and don’t have a need for an antenna. Earlier this month, we shared a few reasons that antennas are still a valuable part of a cord cutting setup, and we aren’t the only ones who know how helpful an antenna can be.…
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Hulu Hits 28 Million Subscribers, Renews Pen15, & Announces New Marvel Shows
Today Hulu announced that they have hit 28 million subscribers to both its live TV streaming service and on-demand service. Hulu also announced two new Marvel shows with Marvel’s Ghost Rider and Marvel’s Helstorm coming in 2020. “In today’s direct-to-consumer world, viewers are demanding better when it comes to TV — from the user experience…
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Walmart’s Vudu Streaming Service Is Likely Announcing Original Programming Today
Last year we heard that Walmart was working on a Netflix-like streaming service. These plans have reportedly been put on hold, but Walmart is not done with streaming. Earlier this week Bloomberg broke the news that Walmart is producing original programming for families and date nights that will be available through its Vudu streaming service.…
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Sling TV vs YouTube TV vs DIRECTV NOW vs PlayStation Vue vs FuboTV vs Philo vs Watch TV vs Hulu – Updated April 2019
NOTE: To see a more recent update on this topic from September 2019, click HERE. April was a busy month full of changes. FuboTV and YouTube TV added new channels and raised its price. DIRECTV NOW also made a few changes last month. So today we take a look at Sling TV, Hulu’s live TV, YouTube TV,…
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Amazon Prime Video is Coming to Facebook Portal
Do you own Facebook’s Portal smart home device? Soon not only will you be able to call your Facebook friends but also watch TV thanks to Amazon and Facebook Live. Just weeks after Amazon announced that Amazon Prime Video is coming to Android TV it is also coming to Facebook’s Portal service. This means you…
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Comcast Internet Customers Are Getting Closer to Their Data Caps Than Ever Before
In a call with investors, Comcast said that more of its customers are using 200GB of their 1TB monthly data allowance. Back in 2016, Comcast raised their data cap to 1TB. At the time, the company told customer that this data allowance would allow for streaming 600 to 700 hours of HD video. Since then,…
